The Philippines on Monday night received its initial shipment of the high efficacy COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.
A total of 193,050 doses of Pfizer vaccines, courtesy of the global COVAX facility, were received by authorities led by Cabinet Sec. Karlo Nograles and COVID-19 testing czar Vince Dizon.
Earlier, Health Sec. Francisco Duque III said the Pfizer vaccines would likely be distributed in Metro Manila and other urban hubs that could handle the jab's storage requirement.
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The vaccine, found to be 95% effective in the largest real-world study yet, was the first to receive emergency use authorization in the Philippines.
Pfizer jabs however were not immediately made available to the country which currently relies on China's Sinovac, AstraZeneca, and Russia's Sputnik V vaccines for its COVID-19 vaccination program.
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